YAML files aren't working with color codes?

I got this method:

Code:java

    public void loadConfig() {
        Configuration config = getConfiguration();
        config.load();
        broadcastMessage = config.getBoolean("broadcast-message-on-rank-change", true);
        broadcastRankOnLogin = config.getBoolean("broadcast-rank-on-login", true);
        broadcastMessageString = config.getString("rank-change-message", "&4%player%'s rank has been changed to &4%a% %rank%&4!").replace("&", "\u00A7");
        joinMessage = config.getString("join-message", "&4%player% %a% %rank% joined the game.").replace("&", "\u00A7");
        ownerJoinMessage = config.getString("owner-join-message", "&4%player% the &eOwner &4joined the game.").replace("&", "\u00A7");
        ownerName = config.getString("owner-name", "");
        config.setProperty("rank-change-message", String.valueOf(broadcastMessageString));
        config.setProperty("join-message", String.valueOf(joinMessage));
        config.setProperty("owner-join-message", String.valueOf(ownerJoinMessage));
        config.setProperty("broadcast-message-on-rank-change", Boolean.valueOf(SetRank.broadcastMessage));
        config.setProperty("broadcast-rank-on-login", Boolean.valueOf(SetRank.broadcastRankOnLogin));
        config.save();
    }

It's working fine. But when I edit the config file and reload the plugin it gives me this error:

Code:

18:27:56 [WARNUNG] Unexpected exception while parsing console command
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'setrank' in plugin SetRank v1.12
    at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:37)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:129)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:312)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.b(MinecraftServer.java:480)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:465)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:361)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:422)
Caused by: while parsing a block mapping
 in "<reader>", line 1, column 1:
    rank-change-message: '?b%player% ... 
    ^
expected <block end>, but found Scalar
 in "<reader>", line 1, column 34:
    rank-change-message: '?b%player%'s rank is now %rank%.'
                                     ^

    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:576)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:163)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:148)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:228)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:122)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:105)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:124)
    at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:264)
    at org.bukkit.util.config.Configuration.load(Configuration.java:82)
    at com.Baummann.SetRank.SetRank.loadConfig(SetRank.java:100)
    at com.Baummann.SetRank.SetRank.onCommand(SetRank.java:237)
    at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:35)
    ... 6 more

 

Can you post the edited config file?

 

Yes.

Code:

rank-change-message: '§b%player%'s rank is now %rank%.'
owner-join-message: §4%player% the §eOwner §4joined the game.
join-message: §4%player% %a% %rank% joined the game.
owner-name: ''
broadcast-rank-on-login: true
broadcast-message-on-rank-change: true

 

Try removing

Code:java

        config.setProperty("rank-change-message", String.valueOf(broadcastMessageString));
        config.setProperty("join-message", String.valueOf(joinMessage));
        config.setProperty("owner-join-message", String.valueOf(ownerJoinMessage));
        config.setProperty("broadcast-message-on-rank-change", Boolean.valueOf(SetRank.broadcastMessage));
        config.setProperty("broadcast-rank-on-login", Boolean.valueOf(SetRank.broadcastRankOnLogin));
 

edit: and try replacing \U00A7 with §

 

Your issue is you have a single quote inside a string denoted with single quotes. So that apostrophe ends up terminating the string.